Animation
Degree level:
Bachelor's
If you love bringing people and ideas to life...
A career in animation is custom made for you. With your bachelor’s degree in animation from Westwood College, you’ll have the skills to work in the exciting field while doing what you love to do. Whether you've been thinking of attending a traditional campus, or an animation school online, you'll get a great progam. Your courses are as interesting as your career will be—with classes that incorporate audio/video technology, laws of motion and drawing with general education. Business classes provide you with important skills in critical thinking, logic, communications and problem solving that will help you address workplace challenges. You’ll leave qualified for entry-level positions, like web animator, 3D animator/graphic designer, desktop publisher or flash designer/animator.
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Our graduates receive hands-on, career-focused training. Don't wait another day; start transforming your life into the one you've always wanted.
Did You Know?
- Our accelerated approach can help you earn your bachelor’s degree in as little as 3 years.
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Animation Course Information
An animation degree opens up a world of possibilities. Course topics include:
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Upon successful completion of the program, you will be able to:
- Manage an animation project from its conceptual stage to the final product presentation
- Apply laws of human motion, physics and psychology to 2D or 3D characters
- Demonstrate expertise in life drawing and related rendering techniques
- Apply audio and video production techniques to an animation project
- Demonstrate project management skills by determining client objectives, working within a deadline and working within a team environment
Locations offering the bachelor's degree in Animation
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Online California Georgia |
Illinois Virginia |
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Our graduates receive hands-on, career-focused training. Don't wait another day; start transforming your life into the one you've always wanted.
Did You Know?
- Our accelerated approach can help you earn your bachelor’s degree in as little as 3 years.
Where could your animation degree take you?
Take a look at a few of the career paths that might be yours with a bachelor’s degree in animation from Westwood College.
3D Animator / Graphic Designer
- Work with the animation director to create three-dimensional images moving in lifelike motion for computer animation of video games
- Create special effects for movies, television, advertising and computer games
Web Animator
- Provide web animations by studying text, layouts, sketches of proposed animations, specifications and related materials
- Construct successive animations, including actions, changes, color patterns and background
- Determine the best-suited style, technique and software
Desktop Publisher
- Use computer software to format and combine text, data, photographs, charts and other graphic art or illustrations into prototypes of pages and other documents that are to be printed
- Design and create the graphics that accompany text, convert photographs and illustrations into digital images and manipulate the text and images to display information in reader-friendly formats
- Design page layouts, develop presentations and advertising campaigns and execute color separation of pictures and graphics material
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Our graduates receive hands-on, career-focused training. Don't wait another day; start transforming your life into the one you've always wanted.
Did You Know?
- Our accelerated approach can help you earn your bachelor’s degree in as little as 3 years.
Daniel Reinholdt
Game Art and Design Graduate
Dupage Campus - October 2007
Animation Graduate
DuPage Campus - July 2008
Westwood has prepared our animation graduates for careers with employers such as:
| Dish Network | Office Depot |
| EA Sports | Old Navy |
| FedEx Kinko's | Quake Studios |
| Fox Atomic | Red Lobster |
| GM Consulting | Robert Half Technology |
| Harrah's East Casino and Hotel | Scotts Miracle Grow Company |
| IBM | Sears Holdings |
| Leviathan Games | Sir Speedy |
| Nickelodeon Animation Studio | Walgreen's |
*Westwood College must track the initial employers of its graduates for regulatory and accreditation purposes. This list is a taken from a compilation of employers of Westwood College graduates from each region from June 2007 to June 2008. This is not intended to represent an endorsement of Westwood College by the listed employers.
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